The absence of the constant background hum during the most strict phase of pandemic shelter in place was something else. I don't wish to re experience it under those circumstances but it certainly gave me a new perspective on noise pollution.
we bought a home during the pandemic. there was some noise then, but it is a lot more now. Even the single one home without noise that we saw now has noise pollution, too.
Gotta move out really far to get away from the noise